Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.

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Cast

Ben Affleck – Tony Mendez

Bryan Cranston – Jack O’Donnell

Alan Arkin – Lester Siegel

John Goodman – John Chambers

Clea DuVall – Cora Lijek

Kyle Chandler – Hamilton Jordan

Victor Garber – Ken Taylor

Tate Donovan – Bob Anders

Michael Parks – Jack Kirby

Tom Lenk – Rodd

Christopher Stanley – Tom Ahern

Taylor Schilling – Christine Mendez

Sheila Vand – Sahar

Chris Messina – Malinov

Richard Kind – Max Klein

Titus Welliver – Jon Bates

Rory Cochrane – Lee Schatz

Omid Abtahi – Reza

Scoot McNairy – Joe Stafford

Kerry Bishé – Kathy Stafford

Bob Gunton – Cyrus Vance

Adrienne Barbeau – Nina

Fouad Hajji – Komiteh

Storyline

In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.